Reynolds Talks Blade Spinoff and Deadpool

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The comedian-turned action star discusses a few possible future projects.

By Jeff Otto

Most probably know Ryan Reynolds as the goofy smartass from Van Wilder or from his sweet supporting role in last year's The In-Laws. Picturing him as an action hero or as a raving lunatic may be a bit difficult for some. In the next six months, Reynolds will play both in December's Blade: Trinity and a remake of The Amityville Horror, currently slated for an April 2005 release.

IGN FilmForce was recently on the Amityville set in Chicago. While speaking with Reynolds about his part as George Lutz in the horror remake, Reynolds mentioned a possible spin-off for his Hannibal King character in a Nightstalkers film. "Yeah, Jess [Biel] and I both signed on for one more, so it's definitely a possibility. You know, if there's a Blade 4 it would be with Wesley and I think only Wesley, but if there's a Nightstalkers movie, I think it would be a separate thing. It's also a separate comic book. There's just been some push and pull to that. The people that watch Blade love Wesley Snipes and that's the character and that character should be honored so, if they did a spin-off, yes, it would just be exclusively the Nightstalkers and have nothing to do with Blade. I don't even think they'd be shooting vampires or anything, according to David Goyer. But David Goyer and I really want to work together on something... It would have to be him [directing Nightstalkers]. He made a blood pact with me that he would have to do it, because I don't want to do it without him."

Another long-rumored David Goyer project, Deadpool, was mentioned a possibility by Reynolds. "We also talked about doing Deadpool together, which would be fun. It's still being talked about. Avi Arad loves it. Avi Arad's son Ari, is a humungous Deadpool fan, so much so that he even wrote his own script a long time ago I think that would be a great role to do. I mean, the only thing is, it's scarily close to Hannibal King, the guy I played in Blade. He's a guy that has some sort of superpowers and he's also a world heavyweight champion of smartass."

The beefed up Reynolds in Blade: Trinity

Stay tuned for more with Reynolds and the rest of the Amityville cast and crew in IGNFF's full set visit report later this week.